Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/mlx5: Fix double unregister of HCA_PORTS component
Clear hca_devcom_comp in device's private data after unregistering it in
LAG teardown. Otherwise a slightly lagging second pass through
mlx5_unload_one() might try to unregister it again and trip over
use-after-free.
On s390 almost all PCI level recovery events trigger two passes through
mxl5_unload_one() - one through the poll_health() method and one through
mlx5_pci_err_detected() as callback from generic PCI error recovery.
While testing PCI error recovery paths with more kernel debug features
enabled, this issue reproducibly led to kernel panics with the following
call chain:
Unable to handle kernel pointer dereference in virtual kernel address space
Failing address: 6b6b6b6b6b6b6000 TEID: 6b6b6b6b6b6b6803 ESOP-2 FSI
Fault in home space mode while using kernel ASCE.
AS:00000000705c4007 R3:0000000000000024
Oops: 0038 ilc:3 [#1]SMP
CPU: 14 UID: 0 PID: 156 Comm: kmcheck Kdump: loaded Not tainted
6.18.0-20251130.rc7.git0.16131a59cab1.300.fc43.s390x+debug #1 PREEMPT
Krnl PSW : 0404e00180000000 0000020fc86aa1dc (__lock_acquire+0x5c/0x15f0)
R:0 T:1 IO:0 EX:0 Key:0 M:1 W:0 P:0 AS:3 CC:2 PM:0 RI:0 EA:3
Krnl GPRS: 0000000000000000 0000020f00000001 6b6b6b6b6b6b6c33 0000000000000000
0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000001 0000000000000000
0000000000000000 0000020fca28b820 0000000000000000 0000010a1ced8100
0000010a1ced8100 0000020fc9775068 0000018fce14f8b8 0000018fce14f7f8
Krnl Code: 0000020fc86aa1cc: e3b003400004 lg %r11,832
0000020fc86aa1d2: a7840211 brc 8,0000020fc86aa5f4
*0000020fc86aa1d6: c09000df0b25 larl %r9,0000020fca28b820
>0000020fc86aa1dc: d50790002000 clc 0(8,%r9),0(%r2)
0000020fc86aa1e2: a7840209 brc 8,0000020fc86aa5f4
0000020fc86aa1e6: c0e001100401 larl %r14,0000020fca8aa9e8
0000020fc86aa1ec: c01000e25a00 larl %r1,0000020fca2f55ec
0000020fc86aa1f2: a7eb00e8 aghi %r14,232
Call Trace:
__lock_acquire+0x5c/0x15f0
lock_acquire.part.0+0xf8/0x270
lock_acquire+0xb0/0x1b0
down_write+0x5a/0x250
mlx5_detach_device+0x42/0x110 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_unload_one_devl_locked+0x50/0xc0 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_unload_one+0x42/0x60 [mlx5_core]
mlx5_pci_err_detected+0x94/0x150 [mlx5_core]
zpci_event_attempt_error_recovery+0xcc/0x388
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 6.18 | 6.18.3 |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | linux-riscv +10 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | linux-riscv +32 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | linux-gke +28 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | linux-gcp +14 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | linux-hwe-edge | No fix yet | — |
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS | linux-realtime-6.14 | No fix yet | — |
Oracle Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle Linux 9 | kernel-uek +34 | 6.12.0-205.92.4.2.el10uek | ELSA-2026-500150 |
Advisories 2
- WID-SEC-2026-0086 Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 12, 2026
- ELSA-2026-500150 Important: Unbreakable Enterprise kernel security update (Oracle Linux 9) Oracle Linux Security Advisories (ELSA) · Aug 8, 2026